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The 2023 Q3 PIP QI data report for the Gold Coast region has recently been sent by email to all PIP QI registered practices to assist with your QI activities. This report will allow you to compare your practice PIP QI results to the aggregated data for the region by using Primary Sense data report...
In consultation with our council of clinicians, GCPHN has developed helpful posters for general practitioners to empower their patients with the skills and tools needed to improve their health literacy. In Australia, 60% of people have low health literacy. This contributes to worse health outcomes i...
VACCINATION May 2023 – Minimum dose intervals and multiple doses Trusted healthcare professionals play a pivotal role in converting vaccine hesitant parents to accept vaccination. Up to 90% of parents would trust their GP to influence their decision. Unfortunately, it is becoming common for ch...
As an early adopter of Primary Sense, and in my role as Chair of the Primary Sense National Clinical Advisory Group, I have witnessed Primary Sense’s evolution from a tool used by more than 700 Gold Coast-based GPs, (representing almost 90 per cent of the region’s population), to a scaled-up ver...
GPs are often the first point of contact for people seeking mental health support, often presenting with a range of interrelated factors that can make it challenging to determine the most appropriate level of care. To conduct a patient-centred and holistic assessment, the IAR guides clinicians to co...
Child and Family Support Services Expo for Professionals GCPHN will be attending the Child and Family Support Services Expo for Professionals as an exhibitor on Monday 8th of May at Burleigh Heads State School, and on Wednesday 10th May at Helensvale Community Centre. Proudly hosted by the Gold Coas...
Health professionals can now view Medicare cards in the myGov app. Your patients can now securely store a digital version of their Medicare card in their myGov app wallet. Medicare cards in the myGov app will look similar to those in the Express Plus Medicare app and physical cards. To protect again...
Did you know that there is a Primary Sense report that easily identifies the patients of your practice who are pregnant and their vaccination status for vaccinations recommended in pregnancy? We encourage you to review this short “how to use” video which may support and complement your current v...
Update from Dr Lisa Beecham – Board Chair, GCPHN Last month, I attended the National CEO/ Chair PHN meeting in Canberra where Emma McBride (Assistant Minister for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Rural Health), Brendan Murphy (Secretary for the Department of Health and Aged Care) and the assi...
National Advance Care Planning (ACP) Week challenges everyone to discuss what living well means to them and to consider who they would want to speak for them if they could no longer communicate or make their own health care decisions. GCPHN has developed the ‘Planning your future care today’ onl...
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